Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,537
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$20,673
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,854
Vermont costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Vermont — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$87,210
Kept after tax
$66,537
Worth in national money
$68,854
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 30 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $87,210. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, this job comes in at 81 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $87,210 the take-home is $66,537; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,854 would nationally. The average comes to $93,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont ranks 30 of 51 for occupational health and safety specialists at $87,210. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Occupational health and safety specialists ranks 81 of 453 occupations by median in Vermont, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for occupational health and safety specialists in Vermont, on $87,210, is $66,537 — equivalent to $68,854 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $93,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,130 |
| This salary | $87,210 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Vermont | $66,537 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,182 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,369 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $82,028 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,653 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $87,210 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,690 and the ninetieth is $127,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,537 take-home in Vermont comes from $87,210. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 81 of 453.
- Two cautions on $68,854, the adjusted value of that $87,210 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Vermont. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 81 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $87,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,690 to $127,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $66,537, from $87,210, assumes a single Vermont filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 81 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- This $68,854 adjusted figure, worked from $87,210, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 81 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 81 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $93,260, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $66,690 at the tenth percentile, $127,130 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $68,854.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Vermont adds its own income tax on top — which is why $66,537 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Vermont is $93,260. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,690 to $127,130) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Vermont rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Vermont's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $68,854 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $66,537 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Vermont income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.